M. Elizabeth Magill, the former dean of Stanford Law School, provost of the University of Virginia and president of the University of Pennsylvania, has been named the executive vice president and dean of Georgetown Law.
Georgetown University announced today that alumna Savannah Guthrie, L’02, co-anchor of NBC NEWS’ Today and NBC News’ chief legal correspondent, will be the speaker at the 2023 Georgetown Law commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 21. “I know…
When asked to interpret a law, do people tend to focus more on the text or its purpose? Are there circumstances that might cause them to focus on one method rather than the other?
“One person can make a difference.”
Austin Martin Williams vividly remembers his first visit to Georgetown Law, in the summer of 2019. He was then assistant director of the law library at North Carolina Central University, where he earned both his J.D. and M.L.S. with honors, and had come…
As part of its continuing efforts to support graduates seeking careers in public service, Georgetown Law this spring launched a new Capitol Hill Fellowship Program for recent graduates who find positions in Congressional offices.
On March 7, the Georgetown Law community celebrated the achievements of five faculty members who have been awarded named professorships and chairs.
Simone Woung, L’97, Georgetown Law Assistant Dean and Registrar, passed away on March 17 after a brief illness.
Some ninety professors, activists, students, lawyers and other stakeholders from across the country gathered at Georgetown Law March 3 for a day-long symposium titled “Promoting Justice: Advancing Racial Equity through Student Practice in Legal Clinics…
Six former staffers of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol reunited at Georgetown Law last week to discuss their work investigating the role domestic extremist groups played – on the day of January 6, 2021, in the planning beforehand and in the two years since.
Professor Itai Grinberg’s last two years have been busy ones, full of travel to international capitals, seven-day work weeks and 16-hour days of meetings and negotiations. But in the end, he helped achieve a top item on the United States’ international economic agenda: a first-ever global minimum corporate tax (GMT).